So as not to quote Jay's post in it's entirety, the rookie card craze started, IMO, with the Rose RC, about 4-5 years before Mattingly. It's value skyrocketed from $5 to $35 between the first Beckett guide and first issue of CPU.
People started hoarding Ripken rookies, Gwynn, Boggs and Sandberg, along with others before 1984.
Last edited by sago; 12-14-2014 at 02:58 PM.
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